Constraints on axionlike dark matter with masses down to $10^{-23}$ eV/c$^2$

William A. Terrano; Eric G. Adelberger; Charles A. Hagedorn; Blayne R. Heckel

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.231301

Constraints on axionlike dark matter with masses down to $10^{-23}$ eV/c$^2$

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2019-06-19 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Authors: William A. Terrano , Eric G. Adelberger , Charles A. Hagedorn , Blayne R. Heckel

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Abstract

We analyzed an 6.7-year span of data from a rotating torsion-pendulum containing $\approx 10^{23}$ polarized electrons to search for the "wind" arising from ultralight, axionlike dark matter with masses between $10^{-23}$ and $10^{-18}$ eV/c $^2$ . Over most of this range we obtain a 95\% confidence limit $F_{\rm a}/C_{\rm e} \geq 1 \times 10^{15}$ eV on the axionlike decay constant.

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axionlike dark matter ultralight dark matter torsion pendulum decay constant confidence limit dark matter wind

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@article{arxiv.1902.04246,
  title  = {Constraints on axionlike dark matter with masses down to $10^{-23}$ eV/c$^2$},
  author = {William A. Terrano and Eric G. Adelberger and Charles A. Hagedorn and Blayne R. Heckel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.04246},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Submitted December 20th, 2018 to PRL; Revised exclusion figure to show stellar and other experimental constraints

Constraints on axionlike dark matter with masses down to $10^{-23}$ eV/c$^2$

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